Oh my soul, find peace in the stillness. In the dark silhouette of tree on sky, mountain on the fire in the clouds, find the calm you are choking for. Listen now, slow the beat and listen, all things will find their way to you, all things will settle and the lacks will flood over once more. Have no fear, for you have passed through the darkness and carry the stains of color and residue of light from before it surrounded you.
Sweet Spirit: Sometimes I am tempted to force my life into a particular order or pattern. And then I wonder why I feel worn out, at the same time pushing constantly to make the pieces of me fit a particular picture. Today, I relax into Your indwelling presence. I release my need to make things happen and accept what is.
I know that You are at work in and through me now. I know that all things are working together for the greatest good. Thank You for peace which floods my mind and soul. From this place of peace, I bless the world. And so it is. Amen.
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side. Every fool can find a greater fool to admire them. It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others.
It is quite true that there is a fool born every minute. It’s also quite true they don’t die that fast. Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows. Success makes a fool seem wise. The best way to show a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way. The wise man says it cannot be done, but the fool goes ahead and does it, anyway. A fool and his money are soon parted. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
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If things are not going your way, you must learn to be patient. It’s important to see things and situations in a positive light to make your life less stressful. Patience is a virtue because it requires self-control. It requires you to have the insight to think about other people and their happiness. Patience helps remind you that you are not always in control and you can’t always have control, so have faith and replace anxiousness with prayer.
Prayer for Patience:
Teach me, my Lord, to be sweet and gentle in all the events of my life, in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the insincerity of those I trusted, in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied. Let me forget myself so that I may enjoy the happiness of others. Let me always hide my little pains and heartaches so that I may be the only one to suffer from them. Teach me to profit by the suffering that comes across my path. Let me so use it that it may mellow me, not harden or embitter me; that it may make me patient, not irritable; that it may make me broad in my forgiveness, not narrow or proud or overbearing. May no one be less good for having come within my influence; no one less pure, less true, less kind, less noble, for having been a fellow traveler with me on our journey towards eternal life. As I meet with one cross after another, let me whisper a word of love to You. May my life be lived in the supernatural, full of power for good, and strong in its purpose of sanctity. Amen.
When it comes to family, patience is necessary. It is a key part to the foundation of a happy childhood. All relationships need time and patience. When we are patient, we are a better person. We give ourselves time to choose how to respond to a situation, rather than getting emotionally out of control.
Patience is a Positive
If you have the tendency to rush around and try to hurry things up, want things done immediately and can’t wait for things to take their natural course, STOP. Take several deep breaths before you act or make a move. For example, if you’re in a long lineup at the grocery store or in heavy traffic, make the decision to pause and not get worked up. Do some isometrics, listen to the radio, or just enjoy the view. Getting impatient won’t make things move along any faster, so why get worked up for nothing?
If you are trying to bring more patience into your life, realize that none of us can control everything. Things happen. Things are going to happen that change our plans, don’t be surprised by them, actually expect them to occur, and allow extra time for changes that might occur.
Patience Quotes
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~ Chinese Proverb ~
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. ~Ambrose Bierce ~
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones ~
Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. ~George-Louis de Buffon ~
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. ~Dutch Proverb ~
If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot? ~ Gloria Steinem ~
You can ask people for advice on what to do and what they did in similar situations like yours. You can also ask for more practical help. You don´t have to solve every problem on your own and sometimes it feels better to have someone by your side, even if it is just for emotional support. You don´t know what will actually work before you try it. What may seem like a good solution in theory doesn’t always work in reality. So brain-storm and come up with at least a few solutions. If the first didn’t work, try the next one.
Yes, we know these are silly answers to a silly question. But sometimes you just have to get people thinking.
We trust in plumed procession; For such the angels go; Rank after Rank, with even feet; And uniforms of snow. ~ Emily Dickinson ~
We do not really know what angels look like. We do know of a few visual descriptions mentioned in the Bible. Those that covered the throne in heaven were mighty Seraphim angels. They had six wings that hovered over the throne of God. Two of the Seraphim’s wings covered their faces because God is so holy that even the Seraphim angels could not look upon God (Isaiah 6:2).
Another set of wings covered their feet for they were in the midst of holy ground where God abided and Moses (Exodus 3:5) and Joshua (Joshua 5:15) had to remove their shoes while in the presence of God. Angels do have some human features like feet, voices, and faces (Isaiah 6:1-2).
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Home Brewing your Beer — It’s not only tastier and cheaper than any commercial beer, it’s also healthy for you. No artificial ingredients. Sadly, major domestic breweries add nearly 60 chemicals to their beers, some of them inorganic. These include heading agents, stabilizers, emulsifiers, clarifiers, coloring agents, and the list goes on. Home brewers have 100% natural, just malt, hops, yeast, water and corn sugar for priming, home brewed beer. It tastes better and is better for you.
Once you have sampled your own beer, you will never go back to drinking imports, let alone your favorite domestic brews. Your biggest problem will be keeping your friends from drinking all of it, it’s Premium Quality!
Home brewed beer contains no fat and no bad cholesterol. Studies have shown beer to increase HDL, the good cholesterol and decreases the occurrence of blood clots. The New England Journal of Medicine reported in their November ’99 issue that moderate beer drinkers would decrease the chances of their suffering a stroke by a full 20%. Drinking home brewed beer helps promote blood vessel dilation, sleep and eases urination in elderly people.
Beer is a proven stress reliever and sleep inducer. Nothing like relaxing with a glass of delicious beer you brewed yourself. In fact, the very act of making beer is relaxing. Making your own beer is a fun hobby, good for you, and inexpensive. We have researched the supplies needed to get started on home brewing and have chosen the best in all-inclusive kits to get you on your way. There are so many different “flavors”, why not try a couple. Once you have started, your friends will be at your doorstep for a taste or two. Beer tasting parties from home brewing your own beer is what’s “in” for the New Age generation.
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Good work is Good! Great work is extremely rewarding. Do great work, have fun and lend a hand along the way. Do it with fun and style, and you are not a prisoner of your labor, but rather a master of your craft. If you help others along your journey in life, either by teaching them or just by setting them up for their own success, then both life and work acquire greater meaning.
We will not live forever, it is important that we leave a little something behind for the good of each other. Do it for the love of each other, and don’t expect to be rewarded for your efforts. You will be rewarded tenfold but not at that moment. The Universe has a way of taking care of those that do good deeds. Be kind to yourself and to each other for we are all we’ve got.
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. ~~ Mother Teresa ~
Remember, as you start this day, and duty crowds your mind, that kindness comes so quickly back, to those who first are kind. Giving works as surely as reflections in a mirror. If hate you send, hate you’ll get back, but loving brings love nearer. Let that thought and this one, direct you through each day. The only things we ever keep, are the things we give away!
“Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what you’re doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out with Perry?
You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you , but now you’ll never know.” ~ Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl ~
Acts of kindness are good for both the giver and the receiver. Pass along smiles. Smile at friends, co-workers, family members, grocery workers, and anyone you interact with during the day. They will appreciate your friendly attitude, and you just might make their day. Follow us at www.secretserendipity.com as we take our journey to wellness.
Lord, in this holy season of prayer and song and laughter, we praise you for the great wonders you have sent us: for shining star and angel’s song, for infant’s cry in lowly manger. We praise you for the Word made flesh in a little Child. We behold his glory, and are bathed in its radiance.
Be with us as we sing the ironies of Christmas, the incomprehensible comprehended, the poetry made hard fact, the helpless Babe who cracks the world asunder. We kneel before you shepherds, innkeepers, wisemen. Help us to rise bigger than we are. Amen.
Before Breakfast Prayer for Christmas Season
The Word was made flesh, alleluia, alleluia!
And dwelt among us, alleluia, alleluia!
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, before the face of the Lord, for He comes. Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Christmas Anticipation Prayer
((Beginning on St. Andrew the Apostle’s feast day, November 30th, the following prayer is traditionally prayed 15 times a day until Christmas. This is a very meditative prayer that helps us increase our awareness of the real focus of Christmas and helps us prepare ourselves spiritually for His coming.)
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
in which the Son of God was born
of the most pure Virgin Mary,
at midnight,
in Bethlehem,
in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God,
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
[State your intention(s) here…]
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and of His blessed Mother.
Amen.
Opening Prayer for Christmas Eve Service
Rev. Dr. Sean B. Murray
Gracious, loving and merciful God, on this Christmas Eve, as the light of your Word penetrates our hearts, as we are reminded of the gift of life and faith, as the glories of the heavenly hosts are echoed in our church, we open ourselves up to your Spirit and give you thanks. We are grateful, Lord Jesus, that your story has become our story, and we celebrate your birth.
Continue, we pray, to instill in us a profound sense of your abiding presence, and help us to take to heart the wonder of your love, that we may walk in your ways and delight in your will.
Help us, Lord God, to be the faithful, gracious, loving, giving and forgiving people you would have us be.
Lord Jesus,
Please forgive me for being so grumpy as I trudge through the never-ending tasks set before me this holiday season…
My to-do list seems to keep growing with shopping, church services, and family gatherings—
and I’m running short of time!
Restore the joy of Christmas to my heart . . .
and help me to relax each day and make time for
YOU–
my one true Source of Joy.
Before opening presents
Lord and Giver of all good things, the magi travelled for miles to bring the Christ child the first Christmas presents. So may we, too, remember with thankful hearts the love that comes with each present we open. We also thank you for the love you have for each of us, and we thank you for the many gifts that you give us, especially the gift of live itself. Amen
A Christmas Prayer for those who have suffered the recent death of a loved one
God of compassion, there is such a hole in my heart! Today should be a day of joy, but I feel only emptiness and loss. While the world celebrates around me, I remember Christmas celebrations of the past and I long to have my loved one with me. I bring my sorrows to you, Lord, like some odd gift of the magi and dump them at your feet. In my blind tears I wonder if anyone can possibly understand the depth of my sadness.
I know, you can. You sent your son to be with us in our deepest sorrows and I know that even though I might not feel it now, you are here with me, grieving with me, caring for me in my sadness. Dearest lord, help me to turn to the one I miss so much today and speak. Help me heal the loss of our parting and help me not to regret the things I didn’t say. Sorrow tears at my heart, but today I ask that my loss soften my heart and make me more compassionate with everyone I meet, so that my loss may become a gift to others.
Christmas Dinner Grace
In the peace of this season our spirits are joyful:
With the beasts and angels,
the shepherds and stars,
with Mary and Joseph we sing God’s praise.
By your coming may the hungry be filled with good things,
and may our table and home be blessed.
Bless us O Lord, and these Thy gifts,
which we are about to receive from Thy bounty
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Candle Wreath Prayer
God of love, Father of all,
the darkness that covered the earth
has given way to the bright dawn of your Word made flesh.
Make us a people of this light.
Make us faithful to your Word
that we may bring your life to the waiting world.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Christmas Gift Prayer
Thank you, God for the wonderful gift of your son, Jesus, as we celebrate His birthday. Help us to remember Him as we give and receive gifts, taking time to pray for each person and for those who have nothing. Help us, Lord, to fill this Christmas with you and with your love, peace and joy.
Amen
A Prayer for Christmas Morning
The day of joy returns, Father in Heaven, and crowns another year with peace and good will.
Help us rightly to remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men.
Close the doors of hate and open the doors of love all over the world?
Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil, by the blessing that Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clean hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children,
And the Christmas evening bring us to our bed with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.
Amen
Christmas Prayer
Let Your goodness Lord appear to us, that we
made in your image, conform ourselves to it.
In our own strength
we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder
nor is it fitting for us to try.
But Your mercy reaches from the heavens
through the clouds to the earth below.
You have come to us as a small child,
but you have brought us the greatest of all gifts,
the gift of eternal love
Caress us with Your tiny hands,
embrace us with Your tiny arms
and pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Christmas Tree Blessing
Holy Creator of Trees, Bless with your abundant grace this our Christmas tree as a symbol of joy. May its evergreen branches be a sign of your never-fading promises. May its colorful lights and ornaments call us to decorate with love our home and our world. May the gifts that surround this tree be symbols of the gifts that we have received from the Tree of Christ’s Cross. Holy Christmas tree within our home, may Joy and Peace come and nest in your branches and in our hearts. Amen.
Nativity Prayer of St. Augustine
Let the just rejoice, for their justifier is born. Let the sick and infirm rejoice, For their saviour is born. Let the captives rejoice, For their Redeemer is born. Let slaves rejoice, for their Master is born. Let free men rejoice, For their Liberator is born. Let All Christians rejoice, For Jesus Christ is born. Amen.
Since ancient times Jasmine has been thought of as the queen of flowers. It’s oil was used for anointing kings and wealthy people of society. It has a cooling and soothing effect. The Jasmine flower releases its fragrance at night after the sun has set and especially when the moon is waxing towards fullness. This is why it is associated with soothing peaceful night-time moods.
In early days, a young couple exchanged Jasmine necklaces, much like a bride and groom exchange wedding rings today. In India, Jasmine is called the moonshine in the garden. Ancient Asians wrote that Jasmine penetrated the deepest layers of the soul and opened emotions. The relaxing Jasmine tea has been a popular beverage for thousands of years.
The oil from the sweet smelling Jasmine flower has been known to be one of the most expensive scents in the world, costing upwards of $1,500 a pound. Today it is a billion dollar plus industry in France, growing Jasmine and distilling its perfume. Jasmine is used in love sachets and incenses. It is used to attract spiritual love. A drop of the essential oil in almond oil, massaged into the skin is said to overcome frigidity. Carrying, burning or wearing the flowers attracts wealth and money. If burned in the bedroom, Jasmine will bring prophetic dreams.
Jasmine has been thought to attract love and money while enhancing dreams. It is used in aromatherapy to treat depression and nerve conditions. Jasmine is used as a massage oil for cramps and insomnia. Jasmine is a very popular incense and essential oil as it has been known to promote feelings of optimism. Jasmine incense has been known to restore confidence and relieves and soothes headaches. As we believe in the benefits of Jasmine, as a tea, an essential oil, and fragrant incense, we have chosen our favorite products and would like to share them with you.
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Royal Jelly is the food of Queens — Queen Bees. A supply of royal jelly bee pollen is like holding a whole health food store in the palm of your hand. Royal jelly is a substance secreted from the glands in the heads of worker bees. People take royal jelly as a natural health supplement for a wide variety of reasons, including energy, stamina, fertility, virility, immune system health, anti-aging, hormonal stimulant, natural antidepressant, and many more.
Royal Jelly is a storehouse of vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and oils, carbohydrates, amino acids, over 5,000 enzymes and coenzymes, hormones, peptones, and a variety of antibiotic substances. Freeze-dried Royal Jelly is fresh royal jelly with the water removed. It contains 100% of the original nutrients, maintaining its full strength, providing you a wonderful product that is very stable.
Royal jelly is a milky secretion produced by worker honey bees. It typically contains about 60% to 70% water, 12% to 15% proteins, 10% to 16% sugar, 3% to 6% fats, and 2% to 3% vitamins, salts, and amino acids. Its composition varies depending on geography and climate. This product gets its name from the fact that bees use it for the development and nurturing of queen bees. Some people use royal jelly as medicine. Don’t confuse royal jelly with bee pollen or bee venom.
Royal jelly is used for asthma, hay fever, liver disease, pancreatitis, sleep troubles (insomnia), premenstrual syndrome (PMS), stomach ulcers, kidney disease, bone fractures, menopausal symptoms, skin disorders, and high cholesterol. It is also used as a general health tonic, for fighting the effects of aging, and for boosting the immune system.
Some people apply royal jelly directly to the skin as a tonic or to the scalp to encourage hair growth. (WebMD)
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In spite of all her physical disabilities, Helen Keller did say that “Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” How many people have almost made nothing out of their lives because they refused to dare themselves into new adventures? People like Helen Keller have provided role models for many who have chosen to take life head on! Are you considering a new adventure right now? Well, dare yourself to take it! If you don’t, it could turn into nothing. ~Don Essig, 148 Motivational Minutes ~
It’s time to find new adventures in life. If you live for today, you might not have to dream about tomorrow. Life is pretty good if we just experience the joy. Happiness is a choice. Take time for yourself, your family, your friends, do whatever you need to do to feel good about yourself.
Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, try to be aware of that moment. Spend as much time as you can fully engaged in your own moment to moment life experience. As the saying goes, be here now. Embrace adventure. Do an uplifting and enjoyable activity that’s just plain fun.
Take a walk in nature. Make it a family (or friends) affair and have a picnic. Take along a backpack or carry-all bag with things like a journal, magnifying glass, binoculars, to enjoy the sights. Collect rocks to take home and paint daisies on the rocks you collected. Make it an adventure for you to just disconnect from daily responsibilities and get away from the noise, stimulation and demands of the world.
God does not look upon trouble as we do. We must trust in God, for God wants us to stop worrying and not be afraid. Where we see stress he sees opportunities. Where we see crisis, He sees growth and betterment. Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. God’s purpose in times of crisis and trouble is to teach us lessons and to direct us to the right path. This is the time when we have an important learning opportunity. For most of us, we only learn through pain and failure. If we could just realize that problems, correctly handled, will become character builders.
We become stronger of character when God enlightens us on how to handle problems, as these learning opportunities are necessary. Often it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways. Sometimes, the best solution is not the one we are praying for. Put the problem in God’s hands and accept what he has in store for you. Someday you will look back and see why things had to turn out the way they did! We need to all take a moment to be thankful for the things we have, and try not to dwell on those things we cannot control. We only need to trust that God will take care of everything according to His plan.
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We are looking not so much for more ground to conquer, but for a truer ground of being on which to stand inside ourselves. The most positive breakthroughs of our times are internal. The drama of personal actualization is rarely reported in the mainstream press, except in irreverent, often ignorant tones. What is the story, after all? The story is an inner drama, in a world beneath the surface of things. When the eyes are closed, light isn’t seen. But still it works its miraculous transformations.
Both men and women are becoming more authentic and powerful, as the light within us grows and intensifies. We are beginning to see ourselves in a new perspective, to generations before and after us, to the earth, to each other, to God. We are beginning to recognize simultaneously our many human weaknesses and our many divine strengths. ~Marianne Williamson ~
I’ve Learned: That a smile is an inexpensive way of improving your looks. All you need to do is think about how you feel about a person who is frowning and a person who is smiling, who tends to be the better looking? Smiles make things right again and say much more than words can say. A smile lets other people know that you are prepared to be open to them, and that you’re willingly agreeing to set things right when needed.
Smiles make you feel good. Even if you’re feeling a little blue, insert happy thoughts into your mind and just add that smile. The smile will trick your mind into feeling better, as endorphins are released to reduce physical or emotional stress.
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Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
Life is made up of special moments which make it worth living. There are many cherished moments that are missed due to the stress of daily living. We only have so much time on this earth. Everything around us is a miracle, the children, the flowers, oceans, beaches, rainbows, kittens and puppies. We all bring happiness with laughter. Seek out adventures. They will bring magic moments to your life.
Smiling encourages people to talk to you, opening new doors and and adventures. Welcome all the people that will come and go in your life. They are all there for a reason or a purpose. Sometimes it is achieved in just one day or one hour or maybe a lifetime. Love the people who are close to you and even some who aren’t. Appreciate yourself and each other.
KARMA is the law of cause and effect. It is the law of action and reaction, which controls the destiny of all living things. Any action produces an equal and opposite reaction, which influences everything we do. There is no such thing as an accident or coincidence. Everything that happens to us, happens by the cause and effect rule, and not by chance. For every effect in life, there is a cause. It is important to be responsible for our actions, and if we are not satisfied with the outcome, then make changes accordingly.
The principle of Karma is that for the good actions one performs, one receives good reactions; and if one inflicts pain or violence on others, one will suffer equal violence either in this life or the next. Everything that we are today is the sum total result of all our activities up to this moment. If we wish our lives to be different in the future, we have to change our activities in the present. Everything we receive in the future is a result of what we do now. Be the best you can be, take care of each other, act responsibly, and good karma will come your way.
How things are in our life is a reflection of our reactions to the ups and downs of life. If we accept the good and release the bad, we are able to maintain control over our lives, and keep our positive direction. Some people hold onto anger, refusing to forgive or let go. You cannot move on until you do. To forgive someone does not mean that you condone their behavior, it means that you forgive them.
The past can never be changed. Life is full of tragedy and joy. It is not the events of life as much as it is how we respond to them that defines how happy and successful our lives are. In this moment right now, you have your power. You have the power to make your choices, take your actions and make a difference. You have no power in the past and you have no assurance of power in the future. We only have the now.
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I’ve Learned: That background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we have become. As an adult, we should now understand that every single action, be it positive or negative, has a consequence.
If you weren’t taught as a child to be responsible and you’re teaching yourself now, strive for one goal at a time. It’s not possible to overnight become a completely responsible person, but with time, you can train yourself to become responsible in all aspects of your life. When you become responsible, you learn that it is easier to do the right thing now, and not have to deal with negative consequences later.
We at www.secretserendipity.com believe that we must all take responsibility for our own actions and strive to always be the best we can be.
It’s time to get back to basics… It’s Time to Find Balance Again:
A life that gets out of balance is a life without purpose and meaning. Finding balance in our lives is so important, yet so hard to do. Balance is how we do the things we have to do and the things we want to do without changing the number of hours in the day. Take time to look at your life, your state of mind, and how you’re feeling. Maintaining a healthy life balance can be a tremendous boost to success in all aspects of your life. Life is constantly changing and what works for us today, might not be right for us next week. Be open to family and friends if you feel you need help with your needs. Don’t expect others to guess. Do the best you can, and realize that not everything is going to get done, and that is fine. Don’t stress, and if you have to, re-evaluate your priorities.
Achieving balance allows us to reach our goals and our purpose in life. Life is definitely a balancing act, and we have to be careful not to fall. Make your time off work as much of a priority as work time. Our health is important to the quality of life we experience, and getting enough sleep is necessary for good health. A good physical appearance, from a proper night’s sleep, enhances our dignity and self-respect.
Too much of anything in life can throw us off balance. Decide what really matters and cut out any activities or tasks that do not support your priorities. You don’t have to control everything. Allow things to happen when they are supposed to happen. Decide that you want to be balanced. Make an effort to live in the now. Don’t forget the quiet side of your life. Take a walk in the woods or visit a park, you’ll feel refreshed and ready to tackle anything. Finding balance is a lifetime project, it is an on-going way of living. Make your number one goal to be happy and to experience greater life satisfaction and well being.
“Life is a balance. We tend to forget that as we go blithely from day to day. We eat and drink and sleep and assume we will always rise up the next day, that meals and rest will always replenish us. Injuries we expect to heal, and pain to lessen as time goes by. Even when we are faced with wounds that heal more slowly, with pain that lessens by day only to return in full force at nightfall, even when sleep does not leave us rested, we still expect that somehow tomorrow will all come back into balance and that we will go on. At some point, the exquisite balance has tipped, and despite all our flailing efforts, we begin the slow fall from the body that maintains itself to the body that struggles, nails clawing, to cling to what it used to be.” ~ Robin Hobb, Fool’s Errand ~
If you let the last election get you off balance, it’s time to get back on track. Let’s not worry about the past, let’s go forward with optimism and peace. Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.
Let’s get along and respect each other.
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Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. ~ Peace Pilgrim ~
It is important that you utilize your ability to create an authentic sense of balance with your goals and actions (dreaming vs. doing), as they have a lot to do with not only how effective you are in making things happen in life, but also with how much joy and fulfillment you experience.
“It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us and at the same time a great openness to new ideas. Obviously those two modes of thought are in some tension. But if you are able to exercise only one of these modes, whichever one it is, you’re in deep trouble.
If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You never learn anything new. You become a crotchety old person convinced that nonsense is ruling the world. (There is, of course, much data to support you.) But every now and then, maybe once in a hundred cases, a new idea turns out to be on the mark, valid and wonderful. If you are too much in the habit of being skeptical about everything, you are going to miss or resent it, and either way you will be standing in the way of understanding and progress.
On the other hand, if you are open to the point of gullibility and have not an ounce of skeptical sense in you, then you cannot distinguish the useful as from the worthless ones.” ~ Carl Sagan ~
There is a power in the Universe that honors our faith in it. ~ The Science of Mind ~
This world is an impartial, neutral reflection of what we choose to focus on and think about. This means, if we carry around belief patterns that the world is against us, the Universe will reflect situations to us that feel that way.
You can choose to believe that everyone is out to get you and that more bad luck is right around the corner. Or you can choose to believe that, in some way that you don’t completely understand, you are being loved, supported, and held by the Universe. You are being guided through situations and events that are for your highest good.
The power of the Universe is complex. If we want to have the Universe work in a positive way for us, we should put our focus and energy together with that of the Universal Force, and begin plotting for the good we want in our life. Combine our force with the Universal Force, and direct it toward creating what we desire.
Demonstrate your faith in the Universe by expecting to receive what you desire. Operate with calm trust that ALL is working for your Highest Good. Understand that every living thing has consciousness. They all have a connection to everything else in the Universe. The Power in the Universe shows that people, animals and plants are all connected to the hidden energy of universal consciousness. This energy passes through the entire Universe and bonds all of us together.
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. ~ Mother Teresa ~
Your heart is your center of feeling and where you experience real happiness. By listening to your heart you can utilize your heart’s spiritual intelligence that will guide you to make wise choices, thereby supporting you to be happy on all levels of life.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
The stone known as the Tiger’s Eye should make you think of the qualities of the tiger. Patient, focused, alert, determined, with perfect timing and slow, deliberate actions are emulated in this beautiful stone. The Tiger’s Eye promotes balance and strength to get through difficult phases of life. It relieves doubt and bestows clarity. The Tiger’s Eye is also a great stone for visualization and manifestation.
The Tiger’s Eye can be used for a simple money spell. Empower several Tiger’s Eye stones with your need for money. Use them to surround a green beeswax candle. Light the candle and visualize, while incorporating a meditation. Tiger’s Eye can help you see into your past lives. Gaze into the stone, still your mind and watch the flashes of light.
The Tiger’s Eye immediately grounds everyone in it’s presence. It is said to be very helpful to people with ADD/ADHD, bipolar disorders and any other tendency to swing from one extreme to another.
